A multicomponent intervention to decrease sedentary time during hospitalization: a quasi-experimental pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention to decrease sedentary time during and shortly after hospitalization.

Design

This is a quasi-experimental pilot study comparing outcomes in patients admitted before and after the implementation of the intervention.

Setting

The study was conducted in a university hospital.

Subjects

Participants were adult patients undergoing elective organ transplantation or vascular surgery.

Interventions

In the control phase, patients received usual care, whereas in the intervention phase, patients also received a multicomponent intervention to decrease sedentary time. The intervention comprised eight elements: paper and digital information, an exercis

SUBMITTER: Conijn D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472834 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature